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{Received on 3rd March 1913, with Political Secretary's letter No. 7, dated 14th Feb
ruary 1913.)
CONFIDENTIAL .
Sir G. Lowther to Sir Edward Grey—{Received February 10th, 4 p.m.)
Constantinople, February 10, 1913.
(No. 79.) R. {February 10, 3-15 p.m.)
The Grand Vizier tells me that Hakki Pasha An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders. is being sent by the Govern
ment to London to-morrow to discuss unofficially Baghdad Eailway and Persian
Gulf questions, and reply to be given to your note of 18th July.
{Received on 3rd March 1913, with' Political Secretary's letter No. 7, dated the 14th
February 1913.)
Telegram P., from Sir G. Lowther to Sir E. Grey, London.
No. 86. Dated Constantinople, the 12th February 1913.
(Sent to Sophia.)
Please refer my telegram No. 79 of the 10th instant regarding the Baghdad
Railway. The discussion of Baghdad Railway matter seems to be the subject
of Hakki Pasha An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders. 's mission, for the Porte's recent reply to the Powers' collective
note is connected with that question through the 4 % customs increase. That
reply may thus perhaps become the basis for resuming negotiations for the
preliminaries of peace.
I gather that the instructions that have been given to Hakki Pasha An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders. are that
he should be accommodating in regard to the desiderata that your note of the
18th July 1912 sets out.
Please see the last paragraph of my telegram of the 10th instant. No. 80.
The signature of preliminaries direct with the allies is what the present committee
apparently seems very anxious to avoid.
{Received on 10th March 1913, with Political Secretary's letter No. 8, dated the 21st
February 1913.)
ASIATIC TURKEY AND ARABIA. [January 20. ]
CONFIDENTIAL ! Section 5.
[2817] " No. 1.
Sir G. Lowther to Sir Edward Grey.—{Received January 20.)
(No. 37.)
S ir, Cmstantinople, January 15, 1913.
I have the honour to acknowledge the receipt of your despatch No. 1 of the
1st instant, in which you request that every effort should be made to obtain an
exact trace of the sections of the Baghdad Railway between Eregli and the Eu
phrates. I would beg to state that although the several attempts made since
the receipt of your despatch No. 271 of last June to procure a correct trace of
these sections met with no success, the matter has not been lost sight of. and I am
causing further efforts to be made which I hope will have the desired result.
In the despatch under reply, the desire is expressed that the exact position of
Radju, the point west of Aleppo reached by the Baghdad Eailway and situated
on the eastern side of the Amanus range, should be ascertained, as it has not been
possible to trace this place on any map in your department. The exact position
of Radju will be shown in the trace, which I hope to be able to procure and trans
mit, but, in the meantime, I would suggest the consultation of Kiepert's large
map of Asia Minor, section DV Haleb. It will be found that Radju (or Radjun
as noted in the map) is shown as being on the railway trace and its position is
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